July 24th, 2006
Technosailor Redesigns + Restructures (and So Will blogHelper)
After two weeks of labour, Aaron Brazell has completed the redesign of Technosailor - with key restructuring (or rather, re-architecturing) having taken place. Two new “views” have been implemented to supplement the current reverse chronological blog “view”. They are the Conversation view where recently commented posts float to the top, and the Best Of view which Aaron fills with posts that he feels to be the best he’s written.
This follows a breakthrough post (yet another one) by Chris Pearson who outlines a new way of looking at blog structures - which is then discussed by Aaron Brazell at ProBlogger and highlighted by David at Blogging Pro. (yes, this is one heck of a link list - this is why, and this is why I told you why).
And… what will follow is blogHelper’s own redesign and restructuring. It’s been in the works for a week, and I’ve to admit that I’ve been inspired by Chris Pearson and now, Aaron Brazell. But there’s still a lot of tinkering and debugging to do, so for now, I’ll provide a teaser of what’s to come.
I suggest clicking the image for a larger one since this one isn’t very clear. Like Technosailor, there will be two (or perhaps three) new views - though the concepts behind those views should be sufficiently different from Aaron’s implementation as they reflect my own perspective on blog architecture and the lack of archive depth on this blog (blogHelper is only 6 months old).
P.S.: It seems like it’s the season of redesigns as Technorati has redesigned as well. Check it out here.
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5 Comments
July 24th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Do drop by and tell me when its done. I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
July 24th, 2006 at 11:52 am
Great work on the research and under-the-hood tinkering for yours.
I’ll definitely give you a ping when the time comes. Hopefully, I’ll be able to bring in something interesting enough to be worth mentioning.
July 25th, 2006 at 6:05 am
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July 26th, 2006 at 9:31 am
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August 3rd, 2006 at 9:07 am
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